GOM Media Player malware?

A number of recent reviews of the cnet GOM Media Player download have warned of spyware and malware in this program. One specifically mentioned a Win 32 worm.viking infection.

Has anyone encountered this problem?.

Reply 1 : GOM Media Player malware?

FWIW, I ran an online scan and also one w/ the latest Avast! software. Neither brought me any warnings regarding GOM player before I installed. Works great for me, along with VLC, of course

cheers,
P

Reply 2 : GOM Media Player malware?

Thanks for your help!

Reply 3 : GOM Media Player malware?

However the usual infection point is when folk add CODECs.

Just to check, I sent the download http://download.cnet.com/GOM-Media-Player/3000-13632_4-10551786.html to VirusTotal and here's the results:

GOMPLAYERENSETUP.EXE
Submission date:
2011-03-16 01:19:14 (UTC)
Current status:
queued (#1) queued (#1) analysing finished
Result: 0/ 43 (0.0%)

Antivirus Version Last Update Result
AhnLab-V3 2011.03.15.02 2011.03.15 -
AntiVir 7.11.4.216 2011.03.15 -
Antiy-AVL 2.0.3.7 2011.03.15 -
Avast 4.8.1351.0 2011.03.15 -
Avast5 5.0.677.0 2011.03.15 -
AVG 10.0.0.1190 2011.03.15 -
BitDefender 7.2 2011.03.16 -
CAT-QuickHeal 11.00 2011.03.15 -
ClamAV 0.96.4.0 2011.03.15 -
Commtouch 5.2.11.5 2011.03.15 -
Comodo 7993 2011.03.15 -
DrWeb 5.0.2.03300 2011.03.16 -
Emsisoft 5.1.0.2 2011.03.15 -
eSafe 7.0.17.0 2011.03.15 -
eTrust-Vet 36.1.8217 2011.03.15 -
F-Prot 4.6.2.117 2011.03.15 -
F-Secure 9.0.16440.0 2011.03.14 -
Fortinet 4.2.254.0 2011.03.15 -
GData 21 2011.03.16 -
Ikarus T3.1.1.97.0 2011.03.15 -
Jiangmin 13.0.900 2011.03.15 -
K7AntiVirus 9.93.4116 2011.03.15 -
Kaspersky 7.0.0.125 2011.03.16 -
McAfee 5.400.0.1158 2011.03.16 -
McAfee-GW-Edition 2010.1C 2011.03.16 -
Microsoft 1.6603 2011.03.15 -
NOD32 5956 2011.03.15 -
Norman 6.07.03 2011.03.15 -
nProtect 2011-02-10.01 2011.02.15 -
Panda 10.0.3.5 2011.03.15 -
PCTools 7.0.3.5 2011.03.11 -
Prevx 3.0 2011.03.16 -
Rising 23.49.01.05 2011.03.15 -
Sophos 4.63.0 2011.03.15 -
SUPERAntiSpyware 4.40.0.1006 2011.03.16 -
Symantec 20101.3.0.103 2011.03.16 -
TheHacker 6.7.0.1.150 2011.03.16 -
TrendMicro 9.200.0.1012 2011.03.15 -
TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.200.0.1012 2011.03.16 -
VBA32 3.12.14.3 2011.03.15 -
VIPRE 8715 2011.03.15 -
ViRobot 2011.3.15.4358 2011.03.15 -
VirusBuster 13.6.250.0 2011.03.15 -

Reply 4 : GOM Media Player malware?

Since it takes you to open source sites to download codecs it doesn't have built in, that is a distinct possibility.

Reply 5 : GOM Media Player malware?

patriot..

Kindly read a prior thread titled, "GOM Player program came with TROJANS", paying close attention to the post titled, "Did You Download It From CNET?."

According to the user reviews you referenced, Ad-Aware was the only software to view it as "malware". That too is addressed in the above thread. Whether (or not) they have corrected the false detection since then, I don't know. A couple of the bigger A/V suites will automatically flag players in general as malicious.

Did you read ALL 6 pages of reviews? There are only a handful (if that) which consider it a threat.

I will be locking your duplicate post at the Spyware, Viruses & Security Forum. Duplicate posts, tend to create confusion, in addition to duplicate work. As a new member, you might not have realized it.

Thanks for your understanding...
Carol

Reply 6 : GOM Media Player malware?

Thanks for your help. I didn't even know about Virus Total until you mentioned it. That should come in handy in the future.